What Rio Tinto Plc Investors Need to Know

By Chris Stiles • Wednesday, October 25 15:05 • Permanent Link

Shares of Basic Materials sector company Rio Tinto Plc moved 1.1% today, and are now trading at a price of $63.09. The large-cap stock's daily volume was 3,835,121 compared to its average volume of 3,171,609. The S&P 500 index returned a -1.0% performance.

Rio Tinto Group engages in exploring, mining, and processing mineral resources worldwide. The company is based in London and has 54,000 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $102,343,426,048. Rio Tinto Plc currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 6.4% per year.

3 analysts are following Rio Tinto Plc and have set target prices ranging from $76.5 to $92.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, RIO is trading -24.15% away from its average analyst target price of $83.17 per share.

Over the last year, RIO's share price has increased by 15.0%, which represents a difference of 5.0% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $80.52 per share whereas its 52 week low is $52.25.

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